pregancy rant

[percival]

ok, so Tracey Emin (British artist) is finally ready to have a baby at forty. Her biological clock is ticking. Meanwhile, Jennifer Aniston keeps putting motherhood off for career reasons and because she has some unfinished business with her mother, who she feels betrayed her. Jennifer is, like, 33 or 34. She'll get started in the next two years, she says. Would make her 35 or 36. (Memo to Jen: being underweight doesn't help conception.)

As a 28-year-old who once thought that babies could be planned and timed, I'm shaking my head in disbelief, I really am. I really hope that when these two get down to trying for a baby, they get lucky soon. Because the wait is agonising. My period is due in 2-3 days time, and I've resigned myself to the fact that I'll probably not be a mum at Christmas. I just hope and pray I'm pregnant in a year's time. I'm much better than I used to be, thanks to the support we get from friends and family, but it's still disheartening when the 14-day wait draws to a close and you're yearning to find out if something has implanted or not. Gaaah.

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Re: Good Vibes to you

[swampfaye.livejournal.com]

You can adopt an older child that isn't mentally incapacitated. Children who are 5 and up have a very hard time being adopted - but they also warn you that these children also have high emotional needs and have a hard time adjusting to a "family."